1. Alexandra Primary School. . . . . .
Friendship Determination Excellence Respect Courage Equality Inspiration

2. Welcome to Year 1 The team Teacher- Lou Laurie
Caterpillars
Ladybirds
Teacher- Lou Laurie
LSA- Sharon Shand & Michelle Sutton (Friday)
Cassie
Dee
Teacher- Anupa Vara
LSA- Claire Leedham & Charlotte Mills (Friday)
Holly
Joanna
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3. Daily Routines
Doors open at 8.50am. For the first 10 minutes of the day the children will take part in a range of starter activities so please be on time. After 9.00am please use the office as the register will have been taken by this time.
Assembly
Playtimes and in the large playground.
Lunch pm.
Fruit is provided at morning play.
Water-please ensure your child brings a named water bottle to school daily.
At the beginning of the Autumn term the school day is structured in a similar way to the reception class, this ensures that the transition is smooth and enables children to settle more quickly. In the weeks ahead the school day will gradually become more structured and by half term we will be following a full timetable. We will continue to provide outdoor learning opportunities wherever possible.
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4. Curriculum Overview
PE: indoor on Monday morning and outdoor on Tuesday morning. Please send your child to school in PE clothes on these days. If possible-No laces please! For safety reasons all long hair must be tied up and no jewellery is permitted.
Spanish: The children will take part in 30 minutes of Spanish per week.
PHSE/RE: We follow the jigsaw Jack PHSE scheme and Discovery RE. Lessons take place weekly.
Friday Funday: As we will have covered all of the core subjects from Monday –Thursday our Fridays will focus on art, design and technology and ICT.
Phonics: We practise phonics daily focusing on a new sound every day. If you would like to help your child at home has some great phonics games for your child to play. We are recapping the phase 3 sounds from YR and will soon be introducing alternative sounds.
Handwriting policy –We follow the letter-join scheme and all children in the school learn cursive handwriting from reception onwards.
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5. Curriculum Topics Autumn Term-Funnybones - All About Me
Spring Term-A Journey through by Space and Time
Summer Term-Deadly 60 and Glorious Gardens
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6. Curriculum Learning Maps
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7. Home Learning
Home learning is set on a Friday- please return completed work to school by the following Wednesday.
Homework includes: weekly spellings linked to phonic sounds- quizzed on a Friday, reading with an adult daily, including tricky word trucks and maths linked to weekly focus.
Half termly- maths Key instant recall facts (maths non-negotiables).
Details of Home learning are published weekly on the teachers blog- which can be accessed on the web site
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8. Home Learning Grid Alexandra Primary School Maths weekly Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
English
weekly
Phonics
Tricky words
Daily reading
Spellings
Handwriting
Daily
reading
10x spellings
Daily reading.
English / topic work
10x spellings, word lists & high frequency words
SPAG work
Maths weekly
Early maths skills related to current learning.
Maths linked to weekly learning
Timestable rockstars
Maths revision / consolidation.
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9. Reading in year one .
The children will take part in individual reading once a week. As their reading progresses we will introduce small group guided reading.
When your child’s books need to be changed please leave the folder in the box outside the classroom, there is no set day for reading. Please ensure that your child is able to read the books fluently before returning them. We suggest that they read the same book a number of times before they are returned (no more than once a week at the moment please!).
Please ensure that you sign the reading record so we know your child has read with you at home.
Later in the term we will introduce the Lending library. The children will have opportunities to choose books from our school library that you can share at home.
Mystery reader: Every Thursday we host a mystery reader into our classroom. If you are interested please speak to your class teacher.
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10. Educational Visits
If you would like to help out in the classroom or on school trips please let us know. If you volunteer regularly please see the office about obtaining a DBS check.
During the Autumn term we will be:
Visiting Richmond Park looking for signs of Autumn.
Watching a Christmas pantomime at school.
Trip to the Rose Theatre-The snow queen on Thursday 19th December.
Other trips include:
A visit from the Space Dome, visits to the Isabella Plantation , Kew Gardens and London zoo.
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11. Key dates for the year More dates to follow!
Wednesday 6th November pm
Parent teacher consultations
Wednesday 7th November pm
Monday 4th November
Inset day
Wednesday 11th December
Y1 Christmas Production
Thursday 5th March
World book day
More dates to follow!
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12. Communication
Make sure you are registered on Parent Pay – more than one parent or carer can be registered (ask at the school office)
Whole school weekly newsletter is parent mailed on a Friday.
Year group pages can be found on the website – presentations, newsletters, Curriculum Learning Maps & Home Learning Grids are posted here
To arrange a meeting with your class teacher- please speak to us at pick up or drop off, or via the office.
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13. How you can support your child
General expectations (further information on website)
Correct school uniform & appropriate footwear please
No earrings or other jewellery or large hair accessories
Everything named please!
Wear PE kit on PE days
Reading books in school every day (kept in bags unless needed to be changed)
Reading with your child daily if possible
Attendance & illness
Please inform the school office before the start of the day.
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14. Alexandra PSA
Approximately £ was raised for the school last year through-
Sparkle night
Comedy evening
School fairs
Cake sales- this money goes directly to your class teacher to buy resources for the classroom.
Money raised was spent on playground improvement including our fantastic outdoor gym.
Please join the PSA - each class needs at least one class rep who will help to organise events. WHO ARE OUR CLASS REPS?
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